Posted on 01/01/2008 1:23:43 PM PST by TBP
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The interesting thing about Huckabee is what he has said in his own book proves he does not believe in the teachings if Jesus Christ, Hell, or even Judgement day.
He couldn't. Huckabee said in his book that he left the ministry because he believed he could do more good as a politician than as a minister of the gospel.
A person could only say that if he believed that providing a better government was better for people than saving their souls. The only other possibility is that Huckabee was so mired in sin that he felt he could not save souls. Yes the Devil could do more good as a politican than as a minister but I would think he would do harm in both vocations.
Only if one believes there is no good reason to save souls can one state that being a politican does more good than being a minister of the gospel.
I figure Huckabee to be a man who after completing his training and working a while as a minister came to believe that Christianity was just a myth. That is the only explanation for his statement. It explains his very unChristian behavior. What part of turn the Other Cheek didn't Huckabee understand.
So AfterManyASummer do you think providing a better goverment is more important than saving souls? Or Are you like Huckabee who believes the quality of life on earth is more important than the quality of life after death.
If you believe as Huckabee's every acttion says He does, you are going to have a HELL of a time after death.
A decision at the final hour, to keep the moral high ground — but to go ahead and shoot a big cannon ball across the bow of Mitt Romney’d Destroyer.
I think it’s turning out very well.
Smart, tough guy, Huckabee.
Could it be that he was low on cash and this was his only way of getting negative ad any air time? In any case, he's a hypocrite, and obviously the easiest candidate for a Democrat nominee to beat, for numerous, OBVIOUS reasons. Be careful who you follow.
Huckabee Unveils Dirt He Won't Use Against Rivals by Scott Ott for ScrappleFace
(2008-01-01) — To further demonstrate his commitment to a positive campaign strategy, Republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee today showed reporters a Powerpoint presentation of opposition research that his staff has compiled against his top GOP rivals and announced he would not be using any of it in his effort to win his party’s nomination.
Read his full story: link
Really? then what's with the Enough is Enough sign? That can't be designed, printed, mailed and setup in a few hours! The "enough is enough" slogan works with Huckabee's claim to not go negative and doesn't seem to make sense for an attack ad on Romney. It looks like Huck planned to run/pull this attack ad several days ago. Meaning his "change of heart" is a lie!
I think it’s turning out very well. Smart, tough guy, Huckabee.
No, there was no decision to keep the moral high ground, only a cold, cheap charade to simulate what he imagines he can pawn off as morals. But I do agree that it's turning out well--for America, not for him--inasmuch as unmasking this intellectual and moral midget sooner rather than later is a very good thing.
I’m not disagreeing, but right or not, I’m already tired of the cynicism and second-guessing a candidate’s intentions. I think we can see through the “dirty tricks”, but cynicism and manipulation are destroying our country. I haven’t seen one candidate not treated with cynicism even here on FR. Let’s get to whether or not the ad should be played, not whether or not he meant to manipulate. If he is manipulating us, then they ALL are, and that is probably the sadder truth no one wants to hang on their own choice of candidate. Not one person running for President is taken at face value anymore, are they? Cynicism, not hope, used to be a Dem trait, now apparently it is an American trait, and that’s the beginning of our end.
Frankly, I don’t view Huckabee’s behavior as Christlike in the least. On the other hand, it’s politics and it’s hard to avoid playing dirty. There’s no such thing as a clean campaign or a clean politician for that matter.
Huckabee is still the most viable candidate who favors adopting a more reasonable trade policy to counter the mercantilistic policies of communist China. Further, a victory for Huckabee would provide a mandate for the Christian-conservative movement.
That said, he does disappoint me when he does things like what’s mentioned in this thread.
No wonder the journos were laughing at him. Huckabee had forgotten this observation:
QUOTATION: History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.
ATTRIBUTION: Karl Marx (1818–1883), German political theorist, social philosopher. repr. In Karl Marx: Selected Works, vol. 2 (1942). Paraphrase of the opening sentences of The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte (1852).
The actual words were: “Hegel remarks somewhere that all great, world-historical facts and personages occur, as it were, twice. He has forgotten to add: the first time as tragedy, the second as farce.”
http://www.bartleby.com/66/53/38153.html
The best example on the democrat side seems to be Hillary's claim that she won't use Obama's Muslim religion against him.
How this loser is polling over 1%, I’ll never understand.
How do you feel about Huck lying and bearing false witness against Mitt?
Janet, wife of Republican presidential hopeful former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee and Ed Rollins listens during a rally in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
I was going to ask you when you stopped beating your wife, but I guess I won’t...
I wasn’t aware he lied outright about anything. If he did, I don’t like it. Anyway, I don’t like his current strategy to begin with; but it’s not affecting my vote.
I wonder how much Rollins is charging the Huckajive campaign?
Enough to keep Ed in hookers and coke until Bloomberg calls.
The problem is, is that libertarians and independents aren't going to vote for Huckabee because of his nanny-statism.
You are backing a certified loser who'll fracture the GOP as badly as Giuliani is.
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